Uchiha Sasuke

"Naruto!" The Nine-Tails' roar shook the heavens.

"Got it!"

With the Nine-Tails' prompt, Naruto, standing atop its head, naturally noticed several targets suddenly appearing in the distance.

"Use consecutive Tailed Beast Balls!"

"Okay!"

The Nine-Tails opened its abyssal maw as terrifying Chakra rapidly gathered.

Then—

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~

Several Tailed Beast Balls shot out like bullets, striking the targets.

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang out.

"Rasenshuriken Max!"

In the blink of an eye, Naruto gathered a Rasenshuriken in his hand, one even larger than his entire body.

With a fierce swing—

The Rasenshuriken, infused with wind and fire Chakra, flew in an arc, accurately striking the targets lined up in a row before finally hitting a newly appeared target.

Crackle—

Naruto suddenly pointed behind him, and a bolt of lightning pierced the target that had flashed into existence at his back.

Buzz—

Without even looking behind him, Naruto instantly formed two more Rasenshuriken in his hands and flung them out.

Whoosh—

Whoosh—

The two Rasenshuriken, packed with terrifying Chakra and astonishing destructive power, traced two unbelievable curves through the air, hitting a string of targets before the explosions wiped out every target across an entire area.

"Naruto, your shuriken throwing technique is invincible now!"

"Haha, of course it is."

Naruto laughed. Did he even understand how terrifying maxed-out shuriken mastery was?

"Front left! Use a Super Tailed Beast Bomb!"

"Okay!"

Boom!

After the violent explosion, fierce winds made their clothes flap loudly.

Watching more and more targets appear, Naruto shouted, "Kurama, jump into the sky!"

"Are you using that move?"

"Yes."

At that, the Nine-Tails grew excited.

"Alright!"

The Nine-Tails leaped with all its might, then ran through the air.

Once it had reached a sufficient height, Naruto jumped into the air. Looking at the targets constantly flickering throughout that stretch of space, he formed hand seals.

The moment he formed the Horse seal, Naruto felt the Chakra within him surge.

"Fire Style: Majestic Fire Destruction!"

An enormous amount of Chakra poured forth, instantly turning into a sea of flames that covered the entire space where the targets stood.

And that was not all.

Terrifying flames filled the sky, almost burning everything to ashes.

At that moment, an extraordinary sight took shape: a sea of water below and a sea of fire above.

The Nine-Tails leaped down, caught Naruto, and landed on the water's surface.

Even from so far away, the Nine-Tails could still sense the terrifying heat contained within that sea of flames in the sky.

It even saw the alloy targets melting into molten iron one after another. It could not help sighing. "Naruto, your Fire Style is already stronger than Uchiha Madara's."

"Uchiha Madara? Is that the person you mentioned?"

"It's him!"

Recalling that man, the Nine-Tails still gnashed its teeth.

Before meeting him, it had been a free Tailed Beast, happily running beneath the sunset every day. That man had been the one to begin its eternal nightmare.

"Don't worry, Kurama. If I run into him, I'll teach him a proper lesson for you."

Besides, that guy had caused his parents' deaths.

Uchiha Madara released the Nine-Tails on Nine-Tails Night → the Nine-Tails destroyed the village → his parents died protecting the village → Uchiha Madara caused his parents' deaths.

Nothing wrong with that.

Although the Nine-Tails had not explained Nine-Tails Night in detail, Naruto had already roughly guessed what had happened.

After all, his parents had died that very night.

And it had not only been his parents. The Fourth Hokage and countless Konoha ninja had also died that night.

Uchiha Madara truly carried a mountain of sins.

"Hey, Kurama, let's go back."

After saying that, Naruto and the Nine-Tails flashed away, and the boy and fox returned to land.

The Nine-Tails had already shrunk down. There was a little house here, the home it shared with Naruto.

As soon as they got home, the Nine-Tails went inside and took a warmed roast chicken out of the microwave.

It gestured to Naruto. When Naruto indicated that he would not eat any, it picked up the entire chicken and stuffed it into its abyssal maw.

Crunch, crunch—

Bones probably were not even as crunchy as crackers to the Nine-Tails.

Gulp—

After swallowing the roast chicken, the Nine-Tails grabbed a large bottle of cola and chugged it.

"Naruto, are you really still going to school tomorrow?" After setting down the cola bottle, the Nine-Tails asked curiously.

"Of course."

"But your strength..."

"The purpose of going to school isn't just to become stronger." Naruto smiled, recalling Hokage Grandpa's instructions from yesterday.

"Naruto, it's time for you to go to school. This is your admission notice."

That day, the old man had seemed even more exhausted than usual.

There had to be enormous resistance to sending a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki like him to school.

Those parents who hated him—if they learned that their children might become classmates with the Nine-Tails, would they not raise hell?

"There are many children your age at school. You can make many friends there."

That was what the old man had told him.

Perhaps he had already grown accustomed to Naruto's mediocrity. His eyes no longer held the brightness and hope they had years ago, when he had praised Naruto as a genius.

Sorry to disappoint you, old man. Before confirming that he was invincible, Naruto did not dare become a genius.

Now, the old man seemingly only hoped that he could grow up like a normal child. That was why he had sent him to school.

Unfortunately, his identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki could not be changed, nor could the villagers' perceptions. He would never be able to become a normal child.

Still, he really did want to go to school and make some friends.

In his previous life, the friends he had made in elementary school had stayed with him until the day he transmigrated.

This life should be the same. Otherwise, life would be far too lonely.

"You can make really good friends at school too," Naruto said.

He smiled at the Nine-Tails. "I can bring my good friends to see you and play with you, so don't make that face."

"Of course. I... I'll treat them to roast chicken and cola." The Nine-Tails looked somewhat hesitant.

"Haha, see you tonight, Kurama."

In reality, Naruto opened his eyes.

He checked the time. It was just right.

He got up, washed up, and prepared to go to school.

Naruto had long made a plan. If he could make friends, then he would make friends. If the children had been too deeply poisoned by their parents, then he could become the school bully.

Naruto had figured it out years ago.

He, Uzumaki Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, could do whatever he wanted as long as he did not betray the village.

Besides, it was only becoming a school bully.

The opening ceremony began.

The Third Hokage stood above them preaching the Will of Fire. Naruto did not need to listen to know it was no different from what he had heard when they first met.

Everyone stood before the school gates, the children gathered together in one group and the parents in another.

Naruto did not join the crowd. He sat alone on a swing behind them. He did not even have parents, so why would he join in?

"And now I announce that you are the new class of Ninja Academy students."

[Ding~]

[Main quest: Enter the Ninja Academy completed]

"This damned thing took years. It finally got completed."

Naruto silently cursed. That damned game designer was truly awful. A tiny main quest had actually taken years to complete.

For a game player, it might have only been a cutscene, but he had truly waited three years. A full three years.

What a damn joke.

After the classes were assigned, Naruto examined his rewards.

10 Skill Points, ten thousand experience points, and the Ninja Academy Student title.

The rewards were quite substantial.

Just as he was planning how to use them, he suddenly heard a name that had left a deep impression on him.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I like..."

Naruto abruptly raised his head, staring at the black-haired boy on the podium with a blazing gaze.

He had finally found him.

The protagonist!